Monday, December 8th
Unit 6 Test Review
CE.E.3.1 Summarize basic macro-economic indicators and how they vary over the course of a business cycle.
Question: How does Consumer Price Index affect everyday consumers?
Do It Now: Vocab Quiz
Unit 6 Test Review
CE.E.3.1 Summarize basic macro-economic indicators and how they vary over the course of a business cycle.
Question: How does Consumer Price Index affect everyday consumers?
Do It Now: Vocab Quiz
Activities:
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Tuesday, December 10th
UNIT 6 Test
CE.E.3.1 Summarize basic macro-economic indicators and how they vary over the course of a business cycle.
UNIT 6 Test
CE.E.3.1 Summarize basic macro-economic indicators and how they vary over the course of a business cycle.
Wednesday, December 11th
American Labor Force
CE.E.3.3 Analyze organizations in terms of their roles and functions in the United States economy.
CE.PFL.1.1 Explain how education, income, career, and life choices impact an individual’s financial plan and goals (e.g. job, wage, salary, college/university, community college, military, workforce, skill development, social security, entrepreneur, rent, mortgage, etc.).
Question: How is the American Labor forces affected by policy, labor unions, education, and other forces?
DO IT NOW: Labor Unions reading & questions
American Labor Force
CE.E.3.3 Analyze organizations in terms of their roles and functions in the United States economy.
CE.PFL.1.1 Explain how education, income, career, and life choices impact an individual’s financial plan and goals (e.g. job, wage, salary, college/university, community college, military, workforce, skill development, social security, entrepreneur, rent, mortgage, etc.).
Question: How is the American Labor forces affected by policy, labor unions, education, and other forces?
DO IT NOW: Labor Unions reading & questions
Activities:
- Labor Unions
- 30 Days on Minimum Wage
- Play Spent
- Answer the following questions
- What did you learn in this challenge?
- Were you surprised by anything you learned?
- What are some reasons you believe individuals and families find themselves in poverty or homeless?
- Everfi Higher Education
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Thursday, December 12th
Fiscal Policy
CE.E.3.2 Explain how fiscal policy and monetary policy influence overall levels of employment, interest rates, production, price level and economic growth
Question: How do banks, the federal reserve, and other organizations impact the U.S. economy?
DO IT NOW: Released NCFE Question
Fiscal Policy
CE.E.3.2 Explain how fiscal policy and monetary policy influence overall levels of employment, interest rates, production, price level and economic growth
Question: How do banks, the federal reserve, and other organizations impact the U.S. economy?
DO IT NOW: Released NCFE Question
Activities:
1. Students will take backgrounds notes on the basics of fiscal policy. 2. Students will play the game People's Pie Game-
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Friday, December 13th
Everfi Friday: Insurance & Taxes
CE.PFL.1.2 Explain how fiscally responsible individuals create and manage a personal budget that is inclusive of income, taxes, gross and net pay, giving, fixed and variable expenses and retirement (e.g., budget, financial plan, money management, saving and investing plan, etc.).
CE.PFL.2.4 Classify the various types of insurance and estate planning including the benefits and consequences (e.g., car, health, renters, life, liability, travel, disability, long-term care, natural disaster, etc.).
Everfi Friday: Insurance & Taxes
CE.PFL.1.2 Explain how fiscally responsible individuals create and manage a personal budget that is inclusive of income, taxes, gross and net pay, giving, fixed and variable expenses and retirement (e.g., budget, financial plan, money management, saving and investing plan, etc.).
CE.PFL.2.4 Classify the various types of insurance and estate planning including the benefits and consequences (e.g., car, health, renters, life, liability, travel, disability, long-term care, natural disaster, etc.).
Activities:
- CNN10
- Introduce Budgeting Project
- Everfi